solidify
VerbUS[suh-lid-uh-fahy]/səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)solidified, solidifying
- make solid or more solid; cause to solidifyMore general change integrityMore specific consolidate, concrete
- become solid“The metal solidified when it cooled”More general change integrityMore specific freeze, jell, crystallize, consolidate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
So·lid′i·fy transitive verb [past tense & past participle Solidified; present participle & verbal noun Solidifying.]
Origin: Solid + -fy: cf. F. solidifier.
To make solid or compact.
Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem.— Herbert Spencer
So·lid′i·fy intransitive verb
To become solid; to harden.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54